Comments on: Oneida Indian Nation to meet with UN over Redskins namehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comFri, 18 Aug 2017 03:59:01 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: musicman495http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3122789
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:40:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3122789Let Ray Hallbritter meet with some of the 90% of Native Americans who told the 2004 Annenberg Public Policy poll that the name didn’t bother them.
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Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:41:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3117365Why do these articles titles always say Oneida Nation? That is misleading. They should read Ray Hallbritter only. His own people don’t even like him and want him out. Ray doesn’t even speak for the Oneida people. He speaks for himself.
]]>By: emeril1957http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3116969
Sat, 25 Jan 2014 17:47:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3116969Dude, just give it rest will ya? Your ridiculous tirade is getting old real quick. The name is not going to change. How many languages do you want it explained to you in?
]]>By: skinsgal4lifehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3116600
Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:40:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3116600This is absurd! The team name was never intended to be a racist slur. Overly sensitive people take it that way. There are high schools on reservations that use that same nickname. Have they changed their logos/names yet? I love the Redskins, win or lose, and I hope I never see the name changed–and I’m one-eighth Cherokee.
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Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:10:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115926Ok, let’s move into the realm of the hypothetical: we go to the UN and we gripe that somebody’s team name makes our panties bunch up. The UN talks it over, and they decide, that yes, the team has a name, and yes, our panties are all in a bunch.

WHAT THE HELL IS THE UN SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT IT?!!?!?!

]]>By: whyalwaysthehatehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115632
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:43:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115632Washington Generals (sorry Curly)
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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:04:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115567Let it go, people.
]]>By: cigarzzhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115541
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:54:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115541Thank god the UN is so weak and powerless.what a joke!
]]>By: onbucky96http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115526
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:46:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115526What no one is talking about is how this became an issue again since RG3 became a Redskin. Seemed like no one cared since the Redskins won their last Super Bowl.
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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:41:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115505Last time I checked name calling or using a name not meant to demean anyone was worth a call to the UN,,,there are no treaties regarding football mascot names, but Im sure Obama,, liar in chief, will give it a go, because his numbers are dropping like a dead whale. Oops, hope that last statement wasn’t heard by PETA.
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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:25:54 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115450Another pocket filler…
]]>By: yordohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115435
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:17:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115435How come there was never a single complaint before Obama?
]]>By: shlorthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115408
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:03:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115408Put it to a vote among natives. If enough are okay with it, let it be.

Personally, I live in an area where there are many Native American residents. I have never once heard anyone call any of them “Redskins” and I am thinking most people never even thought of the word as a racial slur, let alone used it in that way.

Here is what happened. The Oneida Tribe (which is involved in a lot of discrimination allegations and other lawsuits against the government and etc.) decided they might be able to profit from this. They are going to push until they get paid. they do not want the name changed because there is no money in that. They want a huge check writtten out to the high ranking Tribal members.

I could see some uproar if they were called the “DC Savages”, but that is not the case.

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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:57:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115396Coming soon to a taxpayer near you: A government bailout for the Redskins name.
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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:01:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115229Please just go away Mr. Halbritter.
]]>By: gpack22http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115189
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:48:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115189Cry me a river…..the franchise has been around for 80+ years and just recently complaining about the name it since everyone else tries to be PC all the time. Go deal with real issues in the world. If you don’t like it root for some other team and don’t buy their gear!!
]]>By: holla2626http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115159
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:40:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115159I wonder if his Casino takes bets on the games? Meaning they make profit off the NFL and Redskin games as well. The front page of the Casino website prominantley features “The Big Game” all over it for the Super Bowl.
]]>By: txfinfanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115148
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:37:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115148It just wouldn’t be another day in America if someone wasn’t getting offended about something….
]]>By: natelan69http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3115109
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:24:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115109If the NFL had teams like the San Diego Brown Skins, or the Carolina Black Skins, the name would have already been changed.
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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:19:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3115082One little known nation to meet with a bunch of meaningless nations in an effort to even further reduce the number of reminders that still exist about native Americans in this country.

Hilarious. I have little regard for anything that emerges from this little sequester.

this just starts a bad trend…whats next cowboys, vikings packers, pretty soon it will be team 1 team 2 and so on
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Using terms that have never been used as racial slurs to justify continuing to use a racial slur is not valid.

Its also valid that the name of the Washington team has not been in use as a slur for a long time. If it had been there would be a lot more objections from the Native American community. This makes it difficult for a lot of people to take any objection to the name seriously.

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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:56:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3114980There are many thoughts I would like to express, but I join haytammy: GET OVER IT!
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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:52:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-31149681. You often cite Oneida Nation as the one Native American tribe who is seemingly united against the team name. In all honesty, is this the only tribe that objects and if so, why are the others refusing to take such a stand?

2. Staying with the Oneida, the protest against the Redskins drew somewhere between nine and thirteen participants (depending on media reports) to the early season game at Lambeau field against the Packers. Some reports have intimated that Ray Halbritter is not the preferred representative of the Oneida people and that he is an Ivy League educated entrepreneur who has taken on this task due to his wealth. Too, many in the Oneida Nation consider him to be a “fake chief”. Could it be that he is simply looking for financial gain at the expense of his tribe and is PFT willing to do a true and thorough investigation to see if this is the case?

3. Which is better and more important – dropping the team name because some find it offensive or focusing/dealing with issues in the Native American tribes such as extreme poverty, lack of educational resources, severe drug abuse, alcoholism, infant mortality, suicide rates, teenage pregnancy, housing shortages, discord within tribes (i.e., the enormous gap between wealthy leaders and members), and lack of health/mental health facilities?

4. Considering the aforementioned question, if team names that feature Native Americans are discarded, do we run the risk of forgetting and ignoring their many issues altogether?

5. The common argument for discarding the name is that it is racist. However, there are reservations where the local high school team uses the name freely and openly. The common argument is that this is their right, but non-Native teams should not be afforded that opportunity. If this is truly the case, then is a school or university in a predominantly African American community allowed to use the “n-word” as their nickname? If not, then should the same type of requirement be extended to Native American schools?

]]>By: RE LEEhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/24/oneida-indian-nation-to-meet-with-un-over-redskins-name/#comment-3114956
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:51:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239829#comment-3114956Why we support and have the u.n. In our country is beyond me. It meddles in our affairs in collusion with the libs ,paints us a villain of the world, waste money, negotiate with real human rights violators like Iran etc. I am not surprised that the u.n. Human right office is meeting this publicity hound.–why is there not enough news about the other native Americans not offended by the name? The owner of the team should stick to his gun and not be bullied by the PC crowd. Like one said recently… This is the United States of America not the united I have the right not to be offended America.
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